FAST FACTS

Admission criteria: State Entrance Examination- SEE-UPTU; JEE (IIT Kanpur); AIEEE (MNNIT, Allahabad, IIITs; IICT, Bhadohi; IAMR, Meerut; JKIAPT, Allahabad); Institute Entrance (ZHCET, AMU, Aligarh; Subharti etc)
Number of Engineering Colleges: 295
Total sanctioned intake: 1,00,777
Major disciplines: Electronics & Communications; Computer Science; IT

Noteworthy institutions: IIT Kanpur; IT-BHU; MNNIT, Allahabad; HBTI, Kanpur., IET, Lucknow


THE University of Banaras, (BHU) founded by Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya in 1917 first started degree classes in mechanical and electrical engineering and in metallurgy. The foundation of IIT Kanpur-the first in Northern India, was aided by USA in 1959. UP is divided into 18 divisions and 71 districts. Interestingly, more than half the districts in UP do not have a single engineering college.

Admissions are largely through SEE in BE/BTech offered at institutions affiliated to UP Technical University. The State government permits 15% of total sanctioned seats available in private institutions to be filled by the NRI candidates under management quota. Candidates, who have passed the qualifying examination from an institution located in the State and who do not claim any reserved category status are eligible for admission to all the courses at all the institutions against available General seats. 50% of  seats are reserved for SC/ST & OBC. Besides, there are reservations in sub-category for girls, dependents of freedom fighters etc.

The eligibility for appearing in SEE is intermediate exam of UP Board/10+2 or its equivalent wherein the subject combination is Physics & Mathematics as compulsory while one can opt one from Chemistry, Biology or Biotechnology. SEE assesses the candidates in their subject area with all objective type questions carrying 4 marks each. There is no negative marking. Cut-off percentage in SEE UPTU-2010 for merit of successful candidates is 25% (20% for SC/ST).

Top five disciplines namely Computer Science, Electronics & Communications; IT, Mechanical and Electrical & Electronics account for 86% of total intake. Meerut division has the maximum seats owing to large number of institutions in Noida/Greater Noida, in GB Nagar, Meerut and Ghaziabad. Institutions having large intake include Babu Banarasidas NITM, Lucknow; Hindustan College of Science & Technology Farah, Mathura and Anand Engineering College, Artoni, Agra.